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Baritone · Oper Köln

InsikChoi

Voice
Baritone
House
Oper Köln
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A Voice
Built for
Great Stages

10+
Years at Oper Köln
25+
Major Roles
3
International Prizes
1st
Vincero 2023

Korean-born baritone Insik Choi has established himself as one of the most commanding voices on the European opera stage. Since 2017, he has served as a Fest Solist at Oper Köln — one of Germany's foremost opera institutions — building a career of extraordinary artistic range across Italian, German, and French repertoire.

His international profile was cemented by prizes at the Opera de Tenerife (2018), the Vinas International Singing Competition in Barcelona (2019), and the Vincero International Singing Competition, where he claimed both First Prize and the Audience Prize in December 2023. Whether inhabiting the existential weight of Wotan, the menace of Scarpia, or the lyric elegance of Marcello, Choi brings a rare synthesis of vocal authority and dramatic intelligence.

Repertoire Specialisms
Italian Dramatic — Verdi, Puccini
German — Wagner, Strauss
Bel Canto — Donizetti
French — Bizet, Massenet
Concert & Oratorio
German Lied

Career

Roles &
Engagements

A decade of principal engagements at Oper Köln alongside international appearances — a trajectory shaped by artistic ambition and an ever-deepening repertoire.

2026
Verdi: Nabucco — Title Role
Oper Köln · Cond. Deun Lee · Apr
2026
Donizetti: Roberto Devereux — Nottingham
Oper Köln · Cond. David Lee · Mar
2025
Puccini: Manon Lescaut — Lescaut
Oper Köln · Cond. Andrés Orozco-Estrada · Sep
Season opener — new production
2025
Verdi: Stiffelio — Stankar
Oper Köln · Cond. Lorenzo Passerini · Jun
2025
Bizet: Carmen — Escamillo
Oper Köln · Cond. Enrico Delamboye · May
2025
Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor — Enrico
Oper Köln · Cond. Giuliano Carella · Apr
2024
Strauss: Elektra — Orest
Oper Köln · Cond. Felix Bender · Sep
2024
Bizet: Les Pêcheurs de Perles — Zurga
Oper Köln · Cond. Nicolas Carter · May
2023
Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel — Peter
Oper Köln · Cond. Xabier Roth · Dec
2022
Berlioz: Les Troyens — Chorèbe
Oper Köln · Cond. François-Xavier Roth · Sep
2022
Puccini: La Bohème — Marcello
Oper Köln · Cond. François-Xavier Roth · Dec
2021
Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro — Il Conte
Oper Köln · Cond. Arne Wilimczik · Feb
2019
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde — Ein Steuermann
Oper Köln · Cond. François-Xavier Roth · Sep
2020–22
Konzertexamen — Hochschule für Musik Köln
Prof. Mario Hoff
2016–19
Master of Music — Hochschule für Musik Köln
Prof. Mario Hoff
2009–15
Bachelor of Music — Yonsei University
Prof. Kwan-Dong Kim · Seoul
Dec 2023
Vincero International Singing Competition
1st Prize & Audience Prize
Jan 2019
Vinas International Singing Competition
4th Prize & Audience Prize · Barcelona
Jul 2018
Opera de Tenerife International Singing Competition
3rd Prize & Audience Prize
2017–
Fest Solist — Oper Köln
Cologne, Germany
2015–17
Opernstudio — Oper Köln
Cologne, Germany
Verdi
Italian Dramatic
Nabucco · Germont · Renato · Stankar · Iago · Rodrigo
Puccini
Italian Lyric
Marcello (La Bohème) · Lescaut (Manon Lescaut) · Ping (Turandot)
Strauss
German Dramatic
Orest (Elektra) · Der Einäugige (Die Frau ohne Schatten)
Wagner
Wagnerian
Wotan · Ein Steuermann (Tristan und Isolde)
Bizet
French
Escamillo (Carmen) · Zurga (Les Pêcheurs de Perles)
Donizetti
Bel Canto
Enrico (Lucia) · Belcore (L'Elisir d'Amore) · Nottingham (Roberto Devereux)
Concert
Oratorio & Concert
Berlioz: Les Troyens · Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro · Braunfels: Die Vögel · Carl Orff: Die Kluge

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Schedule

2025 — 26
Season

Current House
Oper Köln
Fest Solist since 2017
Offenbachplatz, 50667 Köln, Germany
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Offenbachplatz, 50667 Köln, Germany

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